Reminders for the Week: Wear your Yavneh Shirt Monday! Complete the Keshet of Kavod Form below.

Message from the Rabbi

Over the last 5 years, the Keshet of Kavod (Rainbow of Respect) has become a beloved and essential component of Yavneh's culture. For those of you who are new to Yavneh, קשת/keshet means rainbow in Hebrew and כבוד/kavod means respect. Each year, we articulate seven overarching values/character traits, one for every color of the rainbow, to focus on as individuals and as a community. When put together, they build our Yavneh Keshet of Kavod: Rainbow of Respect. In Jewish tradition the rainbow is a symbol of God's brit (covenant) with all of humanity after the flood in the book of Genesis. It is a symbol of keeping a promise to behave in a more ethical way.

Every member of the Yavneh community is invited to help choose this year's 7 values/character traits. Ask yourself, which are your strengths and which could you use a little more of or a little less of? Which one of these traits would help you stop and think, is what I'm about to do a reflection of who I am and who I want to be? Children will be discussing and nominating their top choices in their class, and you, their parents, are invited to
nominate your choices by filling out this quick
form.

Please join us as we mark Character Day on Friday, September 15th and reveal our
Keshet of
Kavod values for this year and then be sure to join us for our first
Keshet of
Kavod Assembly on Monday, September 18th.

Shabbat Shalom - Laurie

Hurricane Relief

Yavneh will be donating the money we collect for Tzedakah from now until Rosh Hashana to Hurricane Harvey Flood Relief.

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Join women of Silicon Valley for a relaxed breakfast. Come with friends or on your own. Stay for the whole morning or just stop in for a few minutes.
No cost to attend; please bring a NEW sports bra to support our Dignity Drive. Breakfast included. Register here

Common Ground Speaker Series, Behave: Why We Do the Things We Do, Speaker:Robert Sapolsky, PhD

Wednesday, September 27th at 9:30am, The Nueva School, San Mateo

Wednesday, September 27th at 7:00pm, Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton

Dr. Robert Sapolsky's witty and entertaining tour of the science of human behavior will enlighten parents about their children's behavior, helping them to understand why they act in ways that often leave parents baffled. For more information on this event, click here. For more information on upcoming speakers visit the Common Ground website.

Yavneh is a member school, there is no fee for Yavneh parents to attend.